Method of making fabrics and threads therefor.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BUSH, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

METHOD OF MAKING FABRICS AND THREADS THEREFOR.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. BUSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Methods of MakingFabrics and Threads Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

Bugs and carpets with a woof of twisted strips of rags are of ancientmanufacture and the process of manufacture well understood. Tableoil-cloth, so called, as is well known, consists of a base of muslinhaving one side coated with paint or other suitable material imperviousto water. A rug or carpet having its body or woof of strips of twistedoil cloth makes a very desirable article especially for use in kitchens,bath houses and the like where much water is spilled or dripped.Attempts have been made to utilize strips of ordinary table oilcloth forthis purpose but so far as I am aware without satisfactory success. Thereason why oil cloth has not been satisfactorily used is that it has notbeen found practicable to twist strips of that material so as to leavethe oiled or painted side outermost throughout the thread in the twistedstate. I have discovered that by thoroughly soaking the strips in waterthey have a tendency to curl and bend transversely with the painted orcoated side outermost, which efiect is apparently due to the shrinkingof the fabric backing of the oil-cloth. After the soaking and because ofsuch bending or curling the strips may be readily twisted into strandswith only the painted or coated side outermost. The twisting may be doneby attaching the end of the strip to a rapidly rotating spindle. Myexperience has been that a soaking for two hours or more is sufficient.After soaking and twisting, the strips are wound upon a bobbin ready forinsertion in the shuttle. The material thus treated Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed June 27, 1910. Serial No. 569,042.

of diflerent colors and the exercise of the usual ingenuity in weaving.

It is within the range of possibility that other articles, besides thosespecifically mentioned, may be made from the strands of oilclothprepared in the manner set forth.

WVith this invention or discovery the scraps of oil cloth factorieswhich scraps have heretofore been treated as waste and has been burnedbecome an article of value and can be worked up into useful material.

that I claim is:

1. The method of making woven fabrics from strips of oil-cloth,consisting in soaking or wetting the strips of oil-cloth, twisting thesoaked or wetted strips with the coated or painted side outermost, andthen weaving the twisted strips to the form desired, the soaking orwetting of the strips causing the backing material of the oil-cloth toshrink so that said strips will be retained in twisted form with thebacking practically concealed.

2. The method of preparing strips of oilcloth for the manufacture offabrics, consisting in soaking or wetting the strips, and

then twisting the soaked or wetted strips with the coated or paintedside outermost, the soaking or wetting of the strips causing the backingmaterial of the oil-cloth to shrink, so that said strips will beretained in twisted form with the backing practically concealed.

\VILLIAM H. BUSH. Witnesses ALFRED B. .PAUL, MAYME FOARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

